Schultz's Take

The blog of Hamline University professor David Schultz

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett, and her Originalism: Why Individual Rights Lose

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 Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett is a threat to many constitutional precedents, including Roe v. Wade (abortion rights), Nat...
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Friday, October 2, 2020

Covid-19, Presidential Succession, and the 2020 Elections: What the Constitution Says

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          President Trump has the coronavirus.   While all should wish him well, one still has to think about what happens if: 1)   he is in...
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Sunday, September 27, 2020

The Pornofication of the 2020 Election

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  American democracy  is threatened, but not for the reasons  depicted in recent election law porn.  Donald Trump’s comments about mail-in-v...
Saturday, September 26, 2020

Biden versus Trump: Why Presidential Debates Still Matter

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  For 60 years US presidential debates have been important political events in American elections.  The famous 1960 Nixon-Kennedy debate ush...
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Saturday, September 19, 2020

My Correspondence with RBG

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 Many will have a personal story of how Ruth Bader Ginsburg touched their lives.  Mine is correspondence with the Justice many years ago whe...
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Friday, September 11, 2020

The Ethics of Lies: The Case of Donald Trump and Bob Woodward

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 If Bob Woodward is correct in his new book Rage , President Trump lied to the American public regarding the threat of the coronavirus.  He ...
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Monday, August 31, 2020

The ethics of protests at people’s homes

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 Note:  This blog originally appeared in the Pioneer Press on August 30, 2020. Under what conditions, if at all, is residential picketing a...
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Professor in the political science department at Hamline University where he teaches classes in American politics, public policy and administration, and ethics. Schultz holds an appointment at the University of Minnesota law school and teaches election law, state constitutional law, and professional responsibility. He has authored/edited 30 books, 12 legal treatises, and more than 100 articles on topics including civil service reform, election law, eminent domain, constitutional law, public policy, legal and political theory, and the media and politics. In addition to 25+ years teaching, he has worked in government as a director of code enforcement and for a community action agency as an economic and housing planner.
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